Acts 4:25 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, And the people imagine vain things?

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Who by the mouth of our forefather David, Your servant and child, said through the Holy Spirit, Why did the heathen (Gentiles) become wanton and insolent and rage, and the people imagine and study and plan vain (fruitless) things [that will not succeed]?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?

Common English Bible

²⁵ You are the one who spoke by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant: “Why did the Gentiles rage”, “and the peoples plot in vain?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ who, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said: 'Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Who, by the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, hast said: Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people meditate vain things?

English Standard Version 2016

²⁵ who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, “‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?

Acts 4:25 Cross References

Isaiah 7:7

thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

Matthew 3:9

and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

Acts 1:16

Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

Acts 2:30

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;